On Fri, 29 Sep 2006 12:40:32 +0200, in alt.internet.wireless ,
hlexa@hotmail.com (Axel Hammerschmidt) wrote:

>To "allow access to everthing else" from the PC, it must be on the same
>subnet, unless you change the net mask to something like 255.0.0.0. What
>price you pay, for ex in performance in that case I do not know.

In a home network, approximately none. In an office LAN with thousands
of PCs, all chattering and maybe with a socking great realtime
datafeed using UDP broadcast, its a considerable benefit.

--
Mark McIntyre